Saturday, 10 September 2011

The most recent report from the BOU Taxonomic Committee has announced two splits which affect the Shetland List - Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus (three records, on Fair Isle on 27th-31st May 1955, Out Skerries from 24th July to 8th August 1974 and Fair Isle again on 29th-31st August 2007) and Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus (just over 100 individuals recorded, the first on Fair Isle on 13th-21st October 1961).

The Shetland List now stands at 449 (including 5 in Category D, 2 Category D candidates, 2 not seen from land and one extinct).

Nature in Shetland blog

Hopefully, this will be a place for a wide range of extra information that doesn't currently fit in with the current relatively static information pages or with the frequently updated 'date-stamped' news pages, and it will enable us to bring a flavour of ordinary days in Shetland, as well as the extraordinary, whether it is encounters with Orcas, new species to Shetland (not just birds!), special events or tracking down colour-ringed migrants.

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